Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Quality of Life, COPD Assessment Test, Nepal, Dyspnea, Spirometry
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Evaluation of Quality of life in COPD patients.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), Quality of Life. Basic parameters: from 20 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by airflow limitation that is not fully reversible. The study "Quality of life among people living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease- visiting spirometry center of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu Nepal" aims to assess the quality of life (QOL) of COPD patients and the factors affecting it. A cross sectional study will be performed among the patients visiting Spirometry center of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu Nepal using Convenience Sampling. Ethical approval will be obtained from Institutional Review Board (IRB) of TUTH and written/verbal consent for data collection will be obtained from Teaching hospital authority as well as the respondents. CAT questionnaire will be used to assess quality of life and the Medical Research Council questionnaire will be used to assess the severity of dyspnea. Data management and analysis will be conducted through Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26.0.
Interventions
- Other Evaluation of Quality of life in COPD patients
This study does not involve a clinical intervention. Instead, it focuses on evaluating Quality of life of COPD patient using the COPD Assessment Test (CAT). It is a validated, patient-completed questionnaire designed to assess the impact of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) on a patient's health status. It consists of eight simple questions, each scored from 0 to 5, covering symptoms such as cough, sputum production, chest tightness, breathlessness, activity limitation, confidence lea
Primary outcome measures
- Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) Score (COPD Assessment Test - CAT) [Time frame: 1 month]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Age ≥ 20 years
- Referred to the spirometry center of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital
- Confirmed diagnosis of COPD based on GOLD criteria: post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC < 0.7
Exclusion criteria
- Unable to perform acceptable spirometry maneuvers
- Presence of significant respiratory diseases that can confound COPD assessment (e.g., asthma, bronchiectasis, active tuberculosis)
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Other
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07261813 · 353 (6-11) E2 077/ 078